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ch brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [Scot.]

ety; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.

A blow; a stroke. [Scot.] H. Miller.

as to have baffled, until within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened nations. Prescott. The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle us. Locke. Baffling wind (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one point to another.

A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.

An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

Same as Bailie. [Scot.]

A child. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Has he not well provided for the bairn ! Beau. & Fl.

alarm fire. Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring balefires blaze no more. Sir W. Scott.

To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.] Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights, Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see. Shak.

To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.

To curse; to invoke evil upon. Sir W. Scott.

A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.

part of a head-dress. Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of leather. Sir W. Scott.

m the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott.

andog, a large bloodhound, tied in a leam, or band, from which he takes his name. Sir W. Scott.

and out of. How the ancient Celtic tongue came to be banished from the Low Countries in Scotland. Blair.

mmonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England. Jamieson. Bannock fluke, the turbot. [Scot.]

A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.